John Oliver Explains The Problem With Saying 'Everyone Is Going To Be OK'

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 09: Comedian John Oliver performs onstage during the Natural Resources Defense Council's 'NRDC's Night of Comedy' Benefit with Seth Meyers, John Oliver, George Lopez, Mike Birbiglia and Hasan Minhaj on November 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Natural Resources Defense Council)

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Stephen Colbert and John Oliver onstage at the Post-Election Evening to Benefit Montclair Film Festival on November 19, 2016 in Newark, New Jersey.

Stephen Colbert and John Oliver sat down on Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey, to break down the state of the country after President-elect Donald Trump’s surprise victory earlier this month.

Colbert, who hosts CBS’ “The Late Show,” spoke eloquently about election night (”The audience was sobbing openly”); the rising problems surrounding fake news on Facebook (”The fact that they call this fake news upsets me, because this is just lying”); and his disgust for people who suggest he’s pleased Trump became president (“Next person who says to me, ‘You must be happy on a certain level’ is going to get their eye carved out”).

“I think the danger of [saying], ‘Live your lives, the sun comes out tomorrow’ is that that’s true for some people, and so it’s very easy to forget that it’s very much not for others,” Oliver said.

“That’s the danger. If you are lucky enough for your life to become routine, it’s easy not to feel the pain of others whose routines are going to be shattered. Not everyone is going to be OK, so it’s incumbent on everyone to remember that.”